[Sfts-students] Fwd: [IAFA-L] reminder: 2021 Peter Lang Young Scholars Competition in Science Fiction Studies

Mon Aug 3 10:55:35 PDT 2020

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From: Gerry Canavan via IAFA-L <iafa-l at lists.iafa.org>
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2020 at 10:53
Subject: [IAFA-L] reminder: 2021 Peter Lang Young Scholars Competition in
Science Fiction Studies
To: A listserv for the scholarly discussion of the fantastic in the arts. <
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Cc: Gerry Canavan <gerrycanavan at gmail.com>

Colleagues, a reminder that Peter Lang is seeking manuscripts from early
career scholars for the Ralahine Utopian Studies and World Science Fiction
Studies. Proposals are due November 30.

A permalink for the contest announcement can be found here:

https://peterlangoxford.wordpress.com/2020/05/28/proposals-invited-2021-peter-lang-young-scholars-competition-in-science-fiction-studies-iafa_tw-sfranews-gerrycanavan-tpmoylan-sfritzsc-sf-sciencefiction/

We look forward to seeing your proposal!

Gerry

On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 8:24 PM Fritzsche, Sonja via IAFA-L <
iafa-l at lists.iafa.org> wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> Proposals invited! 2021 Peter Lang Young Scholars Competition in Science
> Fiction Studies
>
> Proposals are invited from early career scholars in Science Fiction
> Studies for academic monographs to be evaluated by a distinguished
> editorial board. At least two winners will be selected, one for the
> Ralahine Utopian Studies series and one for the World Science Fiction
> Studies series, each of whom will receive a contract to publish their book
> with Peter Lang.
>
> Please pass on to those who would be interested.
>
> Thanks!
> Sonja
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *2021 Peter Lang Young Scholars Competition in Science Fiction Studies*
>
>
> Peter Lang Oxford is delighted to announce the *2021 Peter Lang Young
> Scholars Competition in* *Science Fiction Studies*.
>
>
> Proposals are invited from early career scholars in *Science Fiction
> Studies* for academic monographs to be evaluated by a distinguished
> editorial board. At least two winners will be selected, one for the *Ralahine
> Utopian Studies
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.peterlang.com/view/serial/RUS__;!!HXCxUKc!kr2R62HVn-3zutRfcoB2_TbUXeeIEm_uVvFka5pZRRgvPrYbyrfwjTaCPMeSYn4o$> *series
> and one for the *World Science Fiction Studies
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.peterlang.com/view/serial/WSFS__;!!HXCxUKc!kr2R62HVn-3zutRfcoB2_TbUXeeIEm_uVvFka5pZRRgvPrYbyrfwjTaCPJCfuU14$> *series,
> each of whom will receive a contract to publish their book with Peter Lang.
>
> Proposals should be submitted to *Laurel Plapp* (*L.PLAPP at peterlang.com
> <L.PLAPP at peterlang.com>)* by *30 November 2020* and include an abstract
> (including chapter synopses), a sample chapter (5,000 to 10,000 words in
> length), and a CV in separate Microsoft Word documents.
>
> Proposals are welcome from scholars working on any aspect of Science
> Fiction Studies and must be written in English. We welcome scholars working
> on world science fiction, utopian science fiction, science fiction film,
> and/or interdisciplinary studies. Proposals under review elsewhere should
> not be submitted.
>
> The winner will be offered a contract for a fully funded book to be
> published within six months of receipt of the complete and approved
> manuscript. Planned manuscripts should be 60,000 to 100,000 words in
> length. Authors will be expected to copy-edit the manuscript in accordance
> with the style guidelines provided.
>
> Applicants should be early career scholars who have been awarded a PhD
> between 2015 and 2020 or expect to be awarded a PhD in 2021.
>
> Decisions will be made by *31 January 2021* and the winner will be
> notified shortly thereafter.
>
> For general information about the competition, please contact Peter Lang
> Ltd, 52 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LU. E-mail: L.PLAPP at peterlang.com.
>
>
>
> *Ralahine Utopian Studies
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.peterlang.com/view/serial/RUS__;!!HXCxUKc!kr2R62HVn-3zutRfcoB2_TbUXeeIEm_uVvFka5pZRRgvPrYbyrfwjTaCPMeSYn4o$>*
>
> *Edited by Raffaella Baccolini, Antonis Balasopoulos, Joachim Fischer,
> Michael J. Griffin, Naomi Jacobs, Michael G. Kelly, Tom Moylan and Phillip
> E. Wegner*
>
> https://www.peterlang.com/view/serial/RUS
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.peterlang.com/view/serial/RUS__;!!HXCxUKc!kr2R62HVn-3zutRfcoB2_TbUXeeIEm_uVvFka5pZRRgvPrYbyrfwjTaCPMeSYn4o$>
>
>
> *Ralahine Utopian Studies* is the publishing project of the Ralahine
> Centre for Utopian Studies at the University of Limerick in association
> with the University of Bologna, the University of Cyprus, the University of
> Florida and the University of Maine.
>
>
> The series publishes high-quality scholarship that addresses the theory
> and practice of utopianism (including Anglophone, continental European and
> indigenous and postcolonial traditions, and contemporary and historical
> periods). Publications (in English and other European languages) include
> original monographs and essay collections (including theoretical, textual
> and ethnographic/institutional research), English-language translations of
> utopian scholarship in other national languages, reissues of classic
> scholarly works that are out of print and annotated editions of original
> utopian literary and other texts (including translations).
>
>
> While the series editors seek work that engages with the current
> scholarship and debates in the field of utopian studies, they will not
> privilege any particular critical or theoretical orientation. They welcome
> submissions by established or emerging scholars working within or outside
> the academy. Given the multilingual and interdisciplinary remit of the
> series, the editors especially welcome comparative studies in any
> disciplinary or transdisciplinary framework.
>
>
> *World Science Fiction Studies
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.peterlang.com/view/serial/WSFS__;!!HXCxUKc!kr2R62HVn-3zutRfcoB2_TbUXeeIEm_uVvFka5pZRRgvPrYbyrfwjTaCPJCfuU14$>*
>
> *Edited by Sonja Fritzsche and Gerry Canavan*
>
> https://www.peterlang.com/view/serial/WSFS
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.peterlang.com/view/serial/WSFS__;!!HXCxUKc!kr2R62HVn-3zutRfcoB2_TbUXeeIEm_uVvFka5pZRRgvPrYbyrfwjTaCPJCfuU14$>
>
>
> *World Science Fiction Studies* understands science fiction to be an
> inherently global phenomenon. Proposals are invited for monographs and
> edited collections that celebrate the tremendous reach of a genre that
> continues to be interpreted and transformed by a variety of cultures and
> linguistic communities around the world. The series embraces this global
> vision of the genre but also supports the articulation of each community’s
> unique approach to the challenges of science, technology and society. The
> series encourages the use of contemporary theoretical approaches (e.g.
> postcolonialism, posthumanism, feminisms, ecocriticism) as well as
> engagement with positionalities understood through critical race and
> ethnicity studies, gender studies, queer theory, disability studies, class
> analysis, and beyond. Interdisciplinary work and research on any media
> (e.g. print, film, television, visual arts, video games, new media) is
> welcome. The language of the series is English.
>
> Advisory Board: Elizabeth Ginway (University of Florida), Iva Polak
> (University of Zagreb), and Alfredo Luiz Suppia (University of Campinas)
>
>
>
>
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>
>
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